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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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